And the kiss of death: the ‘approval’ of the FDA...
I’m sure, w/out the govt, we’d be finding side-benefits, offshoots, maybe even a cure, if terminal humans were given the ability to test these drugs. ‘Cuz you’re damn skippy if I’m on my death bed, I wouldn’t grab at any opportunity to stay a bit longer for myself, family, loved ones, friends...
I’ve always had a feeling we’d eventually hear/find out, “We found the cure to X, which originally was rejected because of failures during animal testing. It was when we developed Y, did we notice the pattern for X...”
Same here. So many people have died waiting for treatments to be approved. How many pleaded to try something, anything, only to be denied the treatment because they didn't fit the exact conditions of a clinical trial?